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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: andrew sabartha <andrew_sabartha@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 07:06:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE


From: Camaly uyi
accra ghana
Home address 275 achimota.
Good Day,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. i got your contact from a
computerize data following my effort searching for a
trustworthy person to assist me.

I am camaly uyi, the only son of late Dr and Mrs Simon
uyi, I am here because of the money my late father
deposited here.my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant
in Ghana,the economic capital of Ghana, before he
was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of
their outing to discuss on a business deal.
Before the death of my father,He secretly called me on his
bedside and told me that he has a sum of $18,500.000
(Eighteen million five hundred thousand united states
dollar)deposited in a bank here on his name.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth
and some huge amount of money his business associates
supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was
poisoned by his business associates, that we should seek
for a good God fearing foreign partner in a country of our
choice who can assist me in claiming this fund from the
bank for me for investment purposes and use it for
investment (such as real estate management).

We are honourably seeking your assistance in the following
way.

1)To assist me claim this fund from the BANK as the foreign
partner of my late father.
2)To transfer this money in your name to your country.
3)To make a good arrangement for a joint business
investment on my behalf in your country and you, the care
taker.
4)To secure a college for me in your country to further my
education. And to make arrangement for my travel toyour
country after you have transferred this fund.

Most importantly. Moreover , I am are willing to offer you
some ammount of the total sum(percentage) as compensation
for your effort input after the successful transfer of this
fund to your designated account in your country.
Awaits to hear from you soon.

May God bless you.
Yours
camaly uyi



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